On 7 April 2025, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority1 (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission2 (SFC) issued guidance for authorized institutions (and subsidiaries of locally...
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(Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 9:38 am to 9:43 am)
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I would like to ask about the individual-type Defined Contribution pension plan (iDeCo). The pension reform bill, which...
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(Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 9:47 am to 9:52 am)
Minister)
As already announced yesterday, the Financial Services Agengy (FSA) issued business improvement orders to four companies, Tokio Marine...
HOUSTON – Several Houston-area residents were taken into custody April 2 on various charges including conspiracy, operating illegal game rooms, bribery, and money laundering...
ASIC has released a draft regulatory guide alongside a consultation paper intended to help providers of Buy Now Pay Later services understand the modified...
On 19 February 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a regulatory roadmap (Roadmap) for Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) market. Entitled “‘A-S-P-I-Re’...
Over the past week there have been two significant announcements by US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the US Department of the Treasury...
On Sept. 27, the Commonwealth of Australia extradited Jin Guanghua, 53, to the United States. Jin, a Chinese national, and his co-conspirators North Korean...
September 17, 2024
Publication of the draft "Cabinet Office Order Establishing Measures Concerning Special Provisions of the 'Cabinet Office Order on Projects Pertaining to Regulations...
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has issued a monetary penalty to Integral Concierge Services (ICSL) for breaches of the financial sanctions regime...
A federal grand jury in Gulfport, Mississippi, returned an indictment, unsealed yesterday, charging a Florida financial advisor with a years-long scheme to promote and...
Thank you, Attorney General Garland.
Today, the Department brings this antitrust action against Visa for monopolizing the debit market. Our complaint describes how Visa has...